Description |
1 online resource (218 pages) |
Series |
Contemporary Chinese scholarship in Daoist studies |
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Contemporary Chinese scholarship in Daoist studies.
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Summary |
Daoism Excavated is a first detailed exploration of Daoist cosmology, philosophy, and political vision as found in recently unearthed bamboo slips and silk manuscripts. Presenting a detailed, and often carefully philological, examination of the Taiyi shengshui, Hengxian, Fanwu liuxing, and Huangdi sijing, as well as of various versions of the Laozi, the book provides new insights into ancient Daoist thought and its various schools and lineages. It focuses particularly on different visions of the creation and unfolding of the universe and on the application of these alternative cosmologies in p |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Taoism.
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Taoism.
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Taoism.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781365518065 |
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136551806X |
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